Immigration laws

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    US Immigration

  • Naturalization ACt of 1790

    In order to become a US citizen the immigrant have to have lived in the US for two years.
  • Residency Requirements

    Congress Reduces Naturalization Residency Requirements to five years.
  • Made slave trade illegal: 50,000 slaves become the first ’’illegal allies’’ in the US.

  • Went from Naturalization to Tribal land

    Native Americans exampted from naturalization and from Tribal land.
  • Immigration to U.S

    Irish immigration to US begins along with Anti-Irish Sentiments in US.
  • Some Americans gain political power

    American ’’Nativist’’ Gain Political Power and Advocate 21 year Residence Requirement for Naturalization.
  • 1837

    Supreme Court Rules in NY, that States May take precautionary measures against the importation of ‘’ paupers, Vagabonds, Convicts and infectious Articles’’
  • 1840

    Naturalization of germans and irish are expedited and offered free of charge during election time.
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo results in USA acquiring Colorado, Arizona, Texas, California, and parts of Utah and Nevada.
  • Rules congress

    Supreme court rules that congress alone can regulate immigration.
  • Act of 1862 is passed on

    Homestead act of 1862 passes to encourage western migration.
  • How Immigrants Lived Upon Arriving in the United States

    most immigrants arriving in the United States found themselves facing current material poverty
  • Laws get tougher

    Law Toughness penalties for transpiring asians to the united states
  • Immigration exclusion

    Immigration exclusion act PRO, poor and mentally, Chinese exclusion act and immigration exclusion era begins.
  • President Lincoln prohibits

    President Lincoln acts to prohibit the ‘’ Cooling Trade’’.
  • 14th amendment is given citizenship

    Supreme court confirms the 14 amendment gives citizenship to all persons born in the United States.
  • Anarchist act is enacted

    Anarchist act enacted and exclusion of immigrants based in political ideology.
  • Opens for business

    Angel Island Immigration station opened for business.
  • U.S. congress

    The U.S. Congress enacted the first widely restrictive immigration law.
  • Between 1880 & 1920 there were more immigrants arriving

    Between 1880 and 1920, more than 25 million foreigners arrived on American shores.
  • The immigration act is enacted

    The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins
  • Smuggling and Illegal Immigration

    The Border Patrol is created to combat smuggling and illegal immigration.
  • Many Immigrants arrived during 1931-1940

    532,431 immigrants arrive.
  • The alien registration requires more

    The Alien Registration Act requires the registration and fingerprinting of all aliens in the United States over the age of 14.
  • He negociates a bilteral treaty

    President Roosevelt negociated a bilateral treaty with Mexico through which Mexico would provide temporary farm workers to the United States.
  • Many were led into the U.S

    Around 40,000 were admitted into the United States because of the violent Soviet response
  • Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965

    Major landmark in U.S. immigration law
  • Amendments to the Immigration and Naturalization Act

    This act was extended per-country limitation on immigration
  • Refugee Act

    This act brought th U.S into a compliance with its interbational obligation to refugees.
  • The Immigration Reform and Control Act

    Legalize aliens who had resided in the U.S in am unlawful status.
  • Immigration act of 1990

    Raised quota cieling to 700,000, it created a lottery program
  • Effective death penalty

    This limited the ability to have relief to those who were helld in detention and restricted the judicia review.
  • Illegal immigration reform & immigrant responsibility act

    Immigratin law was pretaining to admisiion and deportation.
  • Welfare Reform act

    made many legal immigrants inelegible for federal entitlement programs
  • Verify a person's immigration status

    Requires states to verify a person’s immigration status or citizenship before issuing licenses.
  • Senate Bill

    Immigration policy debated and defeated, This bill would have a large impact. It would have provided a legal path to citizenship.